Universal Music Declares War on Streaming Noise

Spotify recently revealed that white noise and ambient podcasts rack up 3 million hours of listens a day.

Under a new model, Deezer will demonetize the hum of the washing machine and drone of bot-generated muzak.

Spotify has found that removing white noise would boost its annual gross profit by $38 million .

Deezer 's plan to upload its own functional music begs some questions.

The framing pits hobbyists against artists, argues Pelly .

Pelly: It's difficult to draw the line between bad actors, functional music with a purpose (like covering my tinnitus) and more avant-garde forms of “noise”.